A system for control of a steering system of a vehicle. The system including an actuator for applying a force or a torque to the steering system. A force or torque can be superimposed on a force or torque originating from the wheels. The system includes a detection unit disposed on the vehicle and configured for anticipatorily detecting at least one surface condition of a surface section located ahead of the vehicle in the direction of vehicle travel and subsequently driven on by the vehicle. The system including a data processing unit disposed on the vehicle and connected to and communicating with the detection unit. The data processing unit configured for generating control signals for controlling an actuator of the steering system based on the detected surface condition.

A steer-by-wire steering system for motor vehicles includes an electronically controlled steering actuator acting on steered wheels of the vehicle responsive to a steering demand and a feedback actuator transmitting retroactive effects of the road to a steering wheel, wherein the feedback actuator and the steering actuator have a redundant power supply.

A steering device includes: a mechanism configured to turn turning wheels of a vehicle; a motor configured to generate drive force that is applied to the mechanism; and a controller configured to control the motor in accordance with a steering state. The controller includes a determination circuit configured to determine whether or not one of the turning wheels is in contact with an obstacle based on at least a value of electric current that is supplied to the motor and a vehicle speed. The controller is configured to, when one of the turning wheels is in contact with the obstacle, notify a driver that one of the turning wheels is in contact with the obstacle.

A steer-by-wire steering system for a vehicle includes a steering input device, a feedback actuator, and a steering assembly that can be connected to at least one steerable vehicle wheel. The steering assembly has a steering actuator device, a control device, and a feedback actuator monitoring device. The steer-by-wire steering system further has a synchronization monitoring device that is designed and configured, in at least one operating state of the steer-by-wire steering system, to determine a synchronization offset between a current position of the steering input device and a current position of the steering actuator device and/or of the at least one steerable vehicle wheel. The control device is further designed and configured, in at least one operating state of the steer-by-wire steering system, to further control the steering actuator device in accordance with the synchronization offset determined by the synchronization monitoring device.

A steering control device includes a torque command value calculating unit configured to calculate a torque command value which is a target value of a motor torque when operation of a motor is controlled such that the motor torque is generated. The torque command value calculating unit includes a first component calculating unit configured to calculate a first component, a second component calculating unit configured to calculate a second component, and a torque component calculating unit configured to calculate a torque component. The first component calculating unit is configured to add a calculational hysteresis component to the first component such that hysteresis characteristics with respect to change of a specific state variable are provided. The torque component calculating unit is configured to perform calculation in a first calculation situation and calculation in a second calculation situation.

A yaw stability control system is provided for a motor vehicle. The system includes one or more cameras, a plurality of wheel speed sensors, a yaw angle sensor, and a steering angle sensor. The system further includes an electric motor connected to a reaction wheel. The system further includes a processor and a memory including instructions such that the processor is programmed to: determine a desired yaw angle of the motor vehicle based on a video signal, speed signals, a yaw signal, and a steering signal. The processor is further programmed to generate an actuation signal associated with the desired yaw angle. The electric motor angularly rotates the reaction wheel at a predetermined angular rate in a predetermined rotational direction to produce a counter-acting torque that rotates the motor vehicle to the desired yaw angle, in response to the electric motor receiving the actuation signal from the processor.

A control device includes a current command value calculation unit configured to calculate a first current command value causing an actuator to generate steering assist torque, a correction value calculation unit configured to, when an absolute value of steering angle is greater than or equal to a threshold value, calculate a correction value for suppressing increase in an absolute value of the steering angle by correcting the steering assist torque, a correction unit configured to calculate a second current command value obtained by correcting the first current command value by the correction value, and a driving unit configured to drive the actuator, based on the second current command value. The correction value calculation unit calculates the correction value, based on first torque, the first torque changing nonlinearly with respect to steering angular velocity.

The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and a method for controlling a motor and includes: a receiver that receives vehicle vibration information or vibration request information; a determiner that determines vibration generation control information for generating a vibration having a specific magnitude and a specific phase in a steering motor including a first winding and a second winding based on the vehicle vibration information or the vibration request information; and a controller that performs control such that a vibration generation current is applied to the steering motor based on the vibration generation control information.

The present disclosure relates to a motor for a vehicle and a steering feedback actuator apparatus and a steering apparatus including the motor for a vehicle. The motor for a vehicle according to this embodiment may include: a motor housing; a motor shaft coupled with the motor housing to relatively rotate with respect to the motor housing; a dual rotor including an inner rotor and an outer rotor connected to the motor shaft; and a dual stator including an inner stator arranged on an inner side of the inner rotor and an outer stator arranged on an outer side of the outer rotor.

The disclosure relates to a steering control device and method. According to the disclosure, a steering control device comprises a receiver receiving a steering angle and a steering torque of a steering wheel and a reaction force generator calculating a breaking torque based on the steering angle and steering torque of the steering wheel and a reaction torque corresponding to the steering angle of the steering wheel and outputting a command current to allow a reaction force motor to output the calculated breaking torque.